The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 5 will premier worldwide on October 13 on the entertainment powerhouse AXN channel, six years after its last episode ground to a sudden halt.

 The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has won the 2016 Asian Townscape Award from the Asia-Pacific regional office of the UN Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT) programme. 

 Two thirds of approximately 130 Danish investors in Vietnam operate in Ho Chi Minh City, reflecting the potential and attraction of the southern economic hub, said visiting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen. 

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said Vietnam attaches importance to expanding exchanges and cooperation between localities of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea, considering it an important factor to further cooperation between the two countries. 

 Poland supports stronger ties between Vietnam and the European Union, said Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Joanna Wronecka at the annual political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level between the two countries held in Hanoi on October 12.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed that Vietnam backs the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF)’s efforts to enhance economic cooperation apart from joint work in traditional sectors. 

 HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) will join hands with financial information provider StoxPlus to organise the 2nd Vietnam Annual International Investor Conference on November 4 in HCM City.

 New Zealand Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee expressed his support to arbitral process at the seventh Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on October 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The meat market in the country, estimated to have value of $18 billion, is controlled by enterprises from France, Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam.

 Old apartment buildings that were built during the 1980s and 1990s have been recreated through the exhibition with the theme of shape shifting at the French Institute in Hanoi.

 Quang Ninh People's Committee has approved a pilot plan to allow private cars to travel between Vietnam’s Mong Cai Town and China’s Dongxing City from 2017.

 Several experts have expressed concerns that Vietnam's exports could be affected by the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 crisis.

 A proposal that the retirement age be raised in the amended Labor Law will be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in 2017, according to Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan.

 The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Government set aside more than VND93.53 trillion (US$42.7 billion) from the State budget to invest in a section of the North-South Expressway in the 2017-2020 period.

 Twenty child ballet dancers will be trained for The Nutcracker ballet which will be presented in Hanoi in the Christmas season of 2016, Vietnamplus reports.

  The head of the HCM City AIDS Prevention Centre has asked the Vietnam Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS to help the country reach the 90-90-90 targets to help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

 A high level delegation from Hanoi paid a working visit to South Africa and Singapore from October 1-12 to enhance friendship and cooperation between Hanoi and the two countries’ cities.

 One dead as ship with 44 on board sinks in Quang Tri, Support centre for migrant workers opens in the RoK, Vice President welcomes overseas Vietnamese teachers, Man killed by metal sheets in Hue

 Foreign investors to meet in annual investment conference, Vietnamese pepper exports surge, September’s automobile sales surge 13 percent, Danish robot producer reaches out to Vietnamese market

 The Korean–Vietnamese Peace Foundation presented 52 documents and items to Danang Museum on October 11.